Improvement in spool-thread show-cases



J. N. LEONARD.

`Improvement in Spool-'Thread Show-Cases.

N0. 132,366.V Patented Oct. 22, 1872..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

JOHN N. LEONARD, O F ROOKVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPOOL-THREAD SHOW-CASES.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN N. LEONARD, of Rockville, county of rlollandand State of Oonnecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Silk or Thread Cases; and to enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it,referring to the drawing, in which the same letters indicate like partsin each of the figures.

The nature of this invention consists in making a case of one or morecompartments, into each of which are iitted shelves or drawers providedwith consecutive incline depres sions or steps of a suitable width toreceive the diameter of the head of aspool, each of which is alsoprovided with pins, arranged and secured at suitable distances from eachother, to receive the various sizes of spools and allow them to beeasily removed and replaced Without friction against each other. 'lhisshelf or drawer is provided with a glass iront, so as to show thedifferent colors or qualities of silk or thread without opening thedrawer.

The object of this invention is to clearly exhibit the color, number, orquality of silk or Y thread Without removing it from the pins; and vitsarrangement upon pins prevents effectually all liability of rubbing orcha-ling one against the other, or otherwise exposing the surfaces toVbecome defaced or damaged by friction, and at the same time allow thespools to be easily removed and replaced.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a front elevation, and Figs. 2,3, 4. are sectional side elevations of the shelf or drawers.

a is the case proper; b, the shelf or drawerfronts. c is the glassarranged in the shelf or drawer-fronts. d are the spools as seen throughthe glass. e are the shelves or drawers, the upper surface being dividedinto steps or iucliued depressions,f, sometimes formed inclining towardthe front and sometimes on an i11- clination from the front, and intothese steps or inclinations I arrange and firmly secure pins g. I alsosometimes make the shelf or drawer a true level surface and arrange andsecure the pins vertically therein. These pins g are arranged uniformlyand in such a manner that the spools may be placed thereon and removedtherefrom Without rufding the surface of the others.

It will be seen that by the use of this invention the silk can be packedfor transportation or for exhibition, removed and replaced, without theleast liability of damage thereto.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage ofthis invention so `as to enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same therefrom.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let: ters Patent, is-

The combination of the shelf or drawers e, with or without the inclinedsteps, with the pins g, inclined or vertical, and case a, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN N. LEONARD. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

O. L. W.- BAKER,

JEREMY WV. BLISS.

